| SAMOA 25 | V | UNITED STATES 21 | |||||
| COMPETITION: RWC 2007 FINALS POOL A Updated 29.09.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint Etienne | DATE: 26 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 34 124 | |||||
| REFEREE: Wayne Barnes (ENG) | HALFTIME: 22 - 3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Fa'atau, Tuilagi, Thompson | TRIES: Ngwenya, Stanfill | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Crichton (3) | CONVERSIONS: Hercus | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Crichton | PENALTY GOALS: Hercus (3) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Loki Crichton | Worcester, England | 15 | Chris Wyles | Belmont Shore | ||
| 14 | Lome Fa'atau (21) | Glasgow Warriors, Scotland | 14 | Takudzwa Ngwenya | Dallas Athletic Club | ||
| 13 | Elvis Sevealii | Sale Sharks, England | 13 | Philip Eloff | Chicago Lions | ||
| 12 | Seilala Mapusua | London Irish, England | 12 | Vaha Esikia (22) | San Mateo | ||
| 11 | Alesana Tuilagi | Leicester Tigers, England | 11 | Salesi Sika | Beziers, France | ||
| 10 | Eliota Sapolu Fuimaono (22) | Bath Rugby, England | 10 | Mike Hercus (Capt) | Belmont Shore | ||
| 9 | Junior Poluleuligaga (20) | North Harbour, NZ | 9 | Chad Erskine | Waterloo, England | ||
| 8 | Alfie Vaeluaga (19) | Bristol, England | 8 | Tasi Mounga (19) | San Francisco Golden Gate | ||
| 7 | Justin Purdie | Wellington Lions, NZ | 7 | Todd Clever (16) | OMBAC | ||
| 6 | Semo Sititi (Capt) | Docomo Japan | 6 | Louis Stanfill | UC Berkeley | ||
| 5 | Kane Thompson (18) | Wests Roosters, NZ | 5 | Hayden Mexted | St. Louis | ||
| 4 | Siuleo Lafaiali'i | Yokogawa Electric Corp, Japan | 4 | Alec Parker | Aspen | ||
| 3 | Cencus Johnston | Saracens, England | 3 | Chris Osentowski | Belmont Shore | ||
| 2 | Mahonri Schwalger (16) | Wellington Hurricanes, NZ | 2 | Owen Lentz | Maryland Exiles | ||
| 1 | Kasiano Lealamanua (17) | Dax, France | 1 | Mike MacDonald (17) | Leeds Tykes, England | ||
| 16 | Silao Vaisola Sefo (2) | Alhambra RFC, Otago, NZ | 16 | Blake Burdette (7) | NYAC | ||
| 17 | Naama Leleimalefaga (1) | Savai'i Samoa | 17 | Matekitonga Moeakiola (1) | Park City Haggis | ||
| 18 | Iosefa Tekori (5) | Auckland NPC / Waitakaere, NZ | 18 | Henry Bloomfield | Belmont Shore | ||
| 19 | Ulia Ulia (8) | Marist St Joseph, Samoa | 19 | Mark Aylor (8) | Denver Barbarians | ||
| 20 | Steven So'oialo (9) | Harlequins, England | 20 | Mike Petri | Belmont Shore | ||
| 21 | David Lemi (14) | Bristol Rugby, England | 21 | Valenese Malifa | Belmont Shore | ||
| 22 | Lolo Lui (10) | Moataa, Samoa | 22 | Albert Tuipulotu (12) | San Mateo | ||
| COACH: MICHAEL JONES | COACH: PETER THORBURN | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Sefo was making his test debut for Samoa. Ngwenya's try was his first for the USA. Yellow Card: Tasi Mounga (USA) 51 - 61' (ruck infringement); Silao Vaisola Sefo (SAM) 75' (foul play) Scoring: 5 - 0 (Fa'atau 6); 12 - 0 (Tuilagi, Crichton 9); 15 - 0 (Crichton 29); 15 - 3 (Hercus 31); 22 - 3 (Thompson, Crichton 37); HT 22 - 10 (Ngwenya, Hercus 53); 22 - 13 (Hercus 65); 25 - 13 (Crichton 71); 25 - 16 (Hercus 76); 25 - 21 (Stanfill 79) Sources http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10104/announcementa.html#update+samoa+team+sam+usa Compiled by Quentin Davies and Gary Carbines |
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